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Minnigaff is a village and civil parish in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Lead was discovered there in 1763 and mined about two miles from the village until 1839.[1]

Minnigaff
  • Scottish Gaelic: Muine Gobha
Minnigaff
Location within Dumfries and Galloway
Council area
  • Dumfries and Galloway
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode districtDG8
Dialling code01671
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
  • Dumfries and Galloway
Scottish Parliament
  • Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
List of places
UK
Scotland
54.966958°N 4.483167°W / 54.966958; -4.483167
Garlies Castle, Minnigaff
Garlies Castle, Minnigaff
Kirkcudbrightshire, civil parish map
Kirkcudbrightshire, civil parish map

Etymology


The name Minnigaff or Minigaff is of Brittonic origin.[2] The generic element is mönïδ, meaning "a prominent hill", while the specific is goβ, meaning "a blacksmith" (c.f. Welsh mynydd-gof).[2] The Minnigaff Hills, part of the Galloway Forest Park, are located north of the village.


Notable people


Minnigaff is the birthplace of John M'Millan, the Cameronian preacher. Sir James Mirrlees, winner of the 1996 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was also born there.


Buildings



References


  1. Minnigaff history in the UK & Ireland Genealogy Website, accessed 13 August 2015
  2. James, Alan. "A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence" (PDF). SPNS - The Brittonic Language in the Old North. Retrieved 13 October 2019.






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